Rail tie and fastener



July 13, 1937. s. I AslEwlciz RAIL T-IE AND FASTENER Filed sept. :50, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l y r G/ ng z a6 July 13, 1937. s, LAslEwlCz 2,087,154

RAIL TIE` AND FASTENER Filed Sept. 30, 1936 2 Sheets-Shet 2 i i "'m I 'f1 )IIIHIEIIH i' IIIIII ff l i@ GMM/13 Patented July 13, 1937 TABS RAIL TIE AND FASTENER Wis.

Application September 30, 1936, Serial No. 103,425

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a rail tie and fastener and it aims to provide a novel construction made entirely of steel and which avoids the use of the usual screw threaded bolts. It preferably employs pins or the like in lieu of the bolts adapted to be secured in place by means of keys.

It is further aimed toprovide such a structure wherein separable securing elements are inter- 'ltted with the ties and enga-geable with one face of the rails, the fastening elements preferably having apertures and adapted for engagement by a hook or other tool to facilitate removal.

The more specic objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings:-

Figure lis a plan view showing the invention in use;

Figure 2 is a plan view also showing the invention in use in connection with a frog;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional View taken on the line 3--3 of Figure l;

Figure 4 is aninverted plan View of one of the ties;

Figure 5 is an enlarged plan view of the connection of one of the ties to a rail;

Figure 6 is a detail section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 3;

Figure '7 is a detail section taken on the line 'l-l of Figure 3, and

Figure 8 is a detail of the fastener-removing hook.

Referring specifically to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, a plurality of ties are employed as at Il), preferably laid upon a crushed stone bed or ballast. These ties are made of steel and on their under surfaces have ribs Il and I2, preferably pointed at their lower ends, so as to engage or bite the ball-ast to better anchor the ties thereto.

The ties are traversed by rails I3 of conventional form and such ties have integral abutments at it, engaging the outer surface and tread of the rails, intimately intertting and engaging therewith as best shown in Figure 3. The upper surfaces of the ties -are recessed as at I5 to provide a sunken seat for the rails.

Integral with the rails intermediate the seat I5 are alined pairs of ears I6, having recesses Il therebetween. Rail fastening elements I 8, generally of T-shape in plan, are removably disposed between the ears I6, in recesses Il', with their transverse portions I9 in intimate tting engagement with the inner surfaces of the rails as shown (Cl. 23S- 350) in Figure 3. Said fasteners I8 and the ears i6 have registering openings therethrough through which removable pins or fasteners 2@ are passed, such pins at one end having heads 2 I, preferably round, and at the other end having keys 22, re- 5 movably passed through openings arranged diametrically thereof. As a result, the rails are rigidly anchored to the ties and may be removed in minimum time and with minimum labor.

Said fasteners I8 have openings 23 there- 10 through transversely, which are engageable by a hook 2li carried by one end of a tool 25, as detailed in Figure 8, to facilitate the removal of the fasteners I 8.

In some instances, only one of the improved fastening devices may be used on a tie, especially near switches or frogs, in which event, where more advantageous, flanges 26 are adapted to be cast integral with the adjacent ties, and the rail, switch or frog parts applied thereto by a longitudinal sliding movement, such flanges 26 overlapping the base flanges of the rail as will be understood. If desired, such flanges may have extensions provided with openings 2l therein engageable by the hook 24, to facilitate the application and removal of the ties equipped therewith.

It will also be realized that the fasteners I 8 and coacting webs I may be used in the fastening of frog parts or switch parts, and for instance as shown by the right hand uppermost fastener 30 and ears in Figure 2.

Various changes may be resorted to provided the-y fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my inventiom- A metallic tie having abutments rising therefrom for engagement by one side of a rail, said tie having a recess in its upper surface overlapped by said abutment, said recess at the end opposite to the abutment having a shoulder, said tie having a second recess in its upper surface leading to said shoulder, a rail seated to the first recess engaging the abutment at one side and its base ange engaging said shoulder at the other side, a fastener member seated in the second recess and extending across the shoulder and engaging the rail on the side opposite to the abutment, the second recess having ears at the sides thereof provided with enlarged portions, a securing element extending through the enlarged portions and the fastener member, and the fastener member being exposed inwardly beyond the enlarged portion to facilitate engagement or removal.

STANLEY LASIEWICZ. 

